Revolving around improvised guitar drone and by combining textural & structural elements of ambient/noise, electronic/shoegaze, post-punk/krautrock, black/doom metal, thisquietarmy creates an impressive wide range of dynamic soundscapes which oscillates between the beauty of repetitive dreamy minimalism and the heavy suffocation of multi-layered noisescape and industrial beats, as presented in its prolific discography comprising of over 30 releases on more than 20 different labels worldwide - including full-length albums on esteemed labels such as Denovali Records, Aurora Borealis, Consouling Sounds, Shelter Press, three:four Records & Alien8 Recordings.

thisquietarmy has also recorded collaborations with as Aidan Baker (Nadja), Scott Cortez (loveliescrushing), André Foisy (Locrian), Labirinto, Monarch, Noveller, Syndrome (Amenra), USA Out of Vietnam, Year Of No Light & Yellow6, and has taken part in other projects such as Hypnodrone Ensemble, Destroyalldreamers, Mains de Givre & Parallel Lines.

With such a large body of work and 450 live performances in more than 30 countries in North/South America, Europe & Asia, including appearances at esteemed festivals such as Nemo Digital Arts Biennale (France), Incubate Festival (Netherlands), Le Guess Who (Netherlands), Dunk! Festival (Belgium), Amplifest (Portugal), Denovali (Germany), Drone Celebration (Argentina), Moving Noises (Germany), Suoni Per Il Popolo (Canada), Zemlika (Latvia) - thisquietarmy is a pioneer of the experimental music scene emerging from Canada.

"You don’t frequently encounter such visionary and abstract works that are so easy to absorb and listen to, and that is Anthems For Catharsis’s absolute strength." - CVLT Nation best Avant-Garde albums of 2015

"One of Montreal’s most underrated adventurers, Eric Quach scaled a new pinnacle with these six raging guitar-based instrumentals, whose mind-melting cacophony couldn’t mask a madly beating heart." - Montreal Gazette Best Music of 2015

"Thisquietarmy's Anthems For Catharsis is one of the best albums in this metallic drone and rock-ambient crossover realm to see the light thisyear." - CVLT Nation

"This is actually what I liked about the album the most, it has character. It is not just another genre-specific album." - Arctic Drones

"While drawing on elements of drone, ambient, shoegaze and post-metal, ‘Anthems for Catharsis’ belongs to none of these genres or any other, and instead forges into new terrain with with magnificent results. 9/10" - Whisperin' & Hollerin'

"Arguably one of the highlights in the recent drone scene, a high quality album that will take you away on unexpected journeys." - Merchants of Air